Ester Navas

Ester has extensive experience in highly regulated industries, with a particular focus on healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, consumer health, medical technology and devices, animal health, and food. Ester is recognized for providing clear, practical and execution-oriented advice that helps clients manage regulatory complexity, mitigate compliance risks and implement strategic initiatives in regulated markets.

Key expertise:

• Regulatory, consumer and product regulation advice, including practical application of legal requirements and market access considerations.
• Commercial contracting across the value chain, including drafting, negotiation and implementation of complex agreements.
• Compliance program design, implementation and enhancement, including whistleblowing matters, specifically focused on the healthcare sector.
• Corporate governance, internal policies and procedures, and ESG-related advisory work.
• Coordination of multidisciplinary and multi-jurisdictional projects involving corporate, operational and regulatory work streams.

• Advised leading healthcare companies, including Allergan (AbbVie), Applied Medical, Canon Medical, Medtronic, Takeda, Zimmer Biomet on the design and implementation of compliance programs, risk maps, policies and procedures, gap analyses and compliance audits.
• Implemented whistleblowing channels and internal investigation frameworks, including policies, procedures, training and investigation management, for clients such as Applied Medical, Ball, Campofrio, Canon Medical, Clean Channel, Medtronic, Selected Services Partner, Triumph, Zimmer Biomet.
• Provided regulatory and market access advice to healthcare clients, such as Haleon, Merit Medical, Novo Nordisk, Siemens Healthineers, Stryker, including on licenses, regulatory communications, commercial policies, and discounts.
• For clients such as Alcon, Haleon, Siemens Healthiners, Zespri, review and validation of health claims, review of promotional practices and materials, and represented and defended clients in proceedings before sector associations and Autocontrol.
• Drafted, negotiated and advised on commercial agreements, including agency, distribution and franchise arrangements, as well as logistic services agreements, for clients such as Avanza Food, Baxter, Freedom Boat Club, Hyatt, McGraw Hill, Merit Medical, KFC, Rafa Nadal Academy, Smart Fit, Zimmer Biomet
• Advised clients on consumer protection matters, general terms and conditions, loyalty programs and related commercial practices, such as Disney Cruisers Line, Enterprise, NFL, NTT Docomo, OTIS, Tiffany, Samsonite.
• Counselled companies across a range of sectors, including Mission Food, OpenAI, Roku, ShipBob, on product regulation and access to the European and Spanish markets.
• Advised on contractual documentation for digital platforms and e-commerce businesses to clients such as ByteDance, Pico, Temu.
• ESG advice to clients such as Campofrio, Hertz, Primaprix, Siemens, Telepizza, Zimmer Biomet, ZimVie.

• Leading Partner, Industry Focus: Healthcare & Life Sciences, Legal 500 (2026)
  
• Band 3, Corporate Compliance, Chambers and Partners Europe (2026)

• Madrid Bar Association - Member